17 posts categorized "Scandals"

01/07/2010

Reggie Bush is in the news yet AGAIN! As if the New Orleans Saints running back's legal woes regarding the USC booster allegations weren't enough now the pot is being stirred over his February cover for Essence Magazine. Essence, a fashion and lifestyle magazine for young women (predominately young Black women) has been receiving quite the flack for asking Bush to grace the cover of its upcoming issue. The issue entitled "Black Men, Love & Relationships" has many up in arms over a cover model who infamously dates and was even engaged to the equally notorious non Black reality TV star/socialite, Kim Kardashian (Kardashian is Armenian.)

12/18/2009

Heard one deadbeat dad story you've heard them. Nik Pace of America's Next Top Model fame doesn't think so. Her story is so profound that she is taking it to America's justice system in the name of a lawsuit for child support to the tune of $70,000 per month. Just who is the lucky defendant, New York Jets WR and new father, Braylon Edwards.

The newswire has been a buzz this year with Edwards deteriorating career as a Cleveland Brown, his notorious sucker punch to a certain Cleveland promoter and friend to another famous Cleveland resident (See Braylon Edwards Punches Lebron's Friend ), name changed to James to protect the innocent and last but not least, a whirlwind trade to the New York Jets. Now it seems Edwards has "dropped the ball" again by knocking up Pace who although he has known for a few years, never dated seriously.

12/08/2009

And so the domino effect begins -- Tiger losing endorsements. Or so the media would have one believe. Captions reading Gatorade has dropped Tiger or ended their partnership have run rampant all day. The thing is, there is a big difference from losing an endorsement and having a product line dropped. Gatorade has no more released Tiger from his multi-million dollar contract than publishing house,Vantage Press has released the "World's Thinnest Book" entitled "Cheating For Dummies with Tiger Woods."

12/06/2009

Approximately 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States (Commission on Domestic Violence http://www.abanet.org/domviol/statistics.html). A large percentage of those men and women are abused by their spouse. Believe it or not, evidence points to in the Woods' home e.g.golf clubs found at the scene, Tiger's busted lip and lacerations to the face, hundreds of dollars of cash on Tiger's person, late hours, mysteriously crashing vehicle with no signs of being under the influence, avoiding authorities for days and the half baked statement eventually offered up to law enforcement. Classic symptons involved with a person being abused attempting to cover for the abuser.

Domestic abuse is never funny and usually results in fatality. Luckily the only fatality that night was his car's rear windshield. SNL has a different take on the whole Tiger Woods domestic abuse speculation. Go ahead and laugh! You know you want to.

12/04/2009

Since the lid
has been blown off of Tiger Woods’ seemingly endless harem of women alleging
extra marital trysts with the billionaire golfer, the infidelity scandal
firestorm surrounding a once squeaky clean image of arguably the most
well-known athlete in the world has taken a torpedo hit big enough to sink a fleet
of Somali pirate ships! In a recent statement, Tiger apologized to his wife of
five years, former Swedish model, Elin Nordegren for his “transgressions” and
involvement in embarrassing their family and promised to be a “better man.” The
two have since enrolled in what is reported as intensive marriage counseling to
salvage their marriage according to the Chicago-Sun Times. Under normal
circumstances, this would be stand up thing to do if the reconciliation didn’t
reportedly involve a multi-million dollar pay off to the tune of $5 million
Tiger Woods is shelling out to his wife to “stay with him.” Does Tiger have Kobe on speed dial?

11/16/2009

To say Sunday's win over the Buffalo Bills was a huge move forward in leaving behind a disappointing Tennessee Titans season for the state of Tennessee, the fans, staff and administration is an understatement. Defeating Buffalo Bills owner during a legacy game on the anniversary of the AFL was so emotional for 86 year old Titans owner, Bud Adams that he celebrated the victory in the most gentleman of fashions -- by flicking off Bills fans with not one middle finger but two with balls of brazen steel for all those with a view of his luxury box to see. An observant fan caught Adams on film giving fans the "obscene" gesture that later cost him $250,000 large ones he undoubtedly won't miss yet nonetheless was apologetic for.

11/12/2009

Months after the death of his 4 year old daughter, Exodus, former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson seemed to be on the right track with a successful movie tour underway for his documentary Tyson and an emotional,character building appearance on Oprah. Unfortunately, trouble has found Tyson again in the form of a misdemeanor battery charge. A photographer alleges that Tyson struck the paparazzo sending him to the ground in one bloody blow after he attempted to get photo of him and his family at the United Airways terminal of LAX Airport upon returning from their European vacation. Tyson on the other hand, claims that the photographer was the aggressor, striking him in an attempt to obviously provoke him and the 43 year old champ was simply trying to defend his 10 month old daughter which Tyson was reportedly holding at the time.

10/19/2009

The Football gods have heard Mechelle McNair’s cries and a paternity
test has proven that Clover Lee’s 17 year daughter, J.N.L is NOT Steve
McNair’s illegitimate child. Let athletes’ wives everywhere rejoice.

“We were friends, and I never tried to harm him,” Lee said ”We dated
in high school, and we kept it a secret. I knew him before he was an
NFL player when he didn’t have a dime. When he got killed, I had no
other choice.”

I guess no other choice now would involve picking up the phone and calling those other potential baby daddies but then again, none of them are probably worth $19.6 million dead or alive.

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In the most distasteful fashion ever, a new development has popped up just in time to steal some of the spotlight away from new evidence in the Steve McNair murder-suicide case. A Mississippi woman by the name of Clover Lee has stepped forward declaring that McNair fathered her 17 year old daughter (identified only as J.N.L.) and that she deserves her piece of McNair's estate valued at an estimated $19.6 million. The woman is demanding that "all back due support as allowed by law" be paid.

Its one thing to be sexually assaulted or abused and being fearful about coming forward against your attacker however coming forward 17 years after your child is born with the child's alleged paternity is another thing.

UPDATE: Correction to team Clifton Smith plays for. Mistakenly had Jacksonville Jaguars, its the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Time left in the game before the hit occurred was 10 seconds in the first half, not 20 seconds left in the game.

With all the questionable penalties being called for hits on quarterbacks lately, it was refreshing to see NFL referees take a stance on cheap shots when Carolina Panthers cornerback, Dante Wesley pummeled Tampa Bay Buccaneers ,Clifton Smith with 10 seconds left to go in the first half. Leading with his shoulder, Wesley jumped into Smith with a hit that laid Smith out unmoving and cleared both benches in what was already a physical rivalry between the two AFC South teams. Coaches and referees worked together in on the spot officiating to keep the squads from each others throats and prevented Wesley with getting in further in trouble. The brief altercation ended in Smith being led off the field only to be diagnosed with a concussion and ultimately Dante Wesley ejected from the game.

“I felt my hand go on the ball and I felt that I had a chance to get it out. I just stripped it out. It was a big play. We needed it,” UConn Huskies starting cornerback, Jasper Howard said after a 38-25 victory over Louisville Saturday. Howard was integral on assisting his team to cement a homecoming victory for the Huskies but as he and his teammates celebrated in the locker room, no one could predict that his post game interview would be his last.

Around 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning, Howard and another student were stabbed during a fight at an official university sanctioned dance held in the UConn Student Union.